Mammals of Jakkalsfontein

From burrowing aardvarks to the reserve’s elusive resident caracals.

39 species recorded · 30 photographed here

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African Clawless Otter

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African Wild Cat

African Wild Cat

Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE · CC BY-SA 2.0

Cape Fox

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Cape Gerbil

Cape Gerbil

Photo: Mahomed Desai · CC BY 4.0

Cape Grysbok

Cape Grysbok

Photo: Jimfbleak, Jimfbleak at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0

Cape Mole Rat

Cape Mole Rat

Photo: Tony Rebelo, South Africa · CC BY-SA 4.0

Cape Short-Tailed Gerbil

Cape Short-Tailed Gerbil

Photo: Serban Proches · CC BY-SA 2.5

Egyptian Free-Tailed Bat

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Eland

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Four-Striped Grass Mouse

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Geoffroy's Horseshoe Bat

Geoffroy's Horseshoe Bat

Photo: Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber · Public domain

Gerbil Mouse

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Kudu

Kudu

Photo: StormSignal from Magaliesburg, South Africa · CC BY-SA 2.0

Large-Spotted Genet

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Pygmy Mouse

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Rock Hyrax

Rock Hyrax

Photo: Naturedata · CC0

Striped Polecat

Striped Polecat

Photo: Garst, Warren, 1922-2016, photographer · CC BY-SA 4.0

Vlei Rat

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Water Mongoose

Water Mongoose

Photo: Derek Keats from Johannesburg, South Africa · CC BY 2.0

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Species checklists sourced from the reserve's published PDFs. Photographs from Wikimedia Commons / Wikipedia, credited individually with their license on each image.